* Shhhh! Here are some of New York’s most quiet restaurants. [Bloomberg]

* Holy mackerel. Top chefs in the U.K. are 86ing this overfished fish. [DailyMail]

* Dirt-not-so-cheap. At a Tokyo restaurant you can eat dirt, but it’ll cost you. [FoxNews]

* River City steps out of Bay Area’s shadow. The restaurant scene in Sacramento heats up. [Sacramento Bee]

* Free refills? This story of a man asking about free iced tea refills at Le Bernardin reminds me of the time a friend’s hayseed date tried to order a pitcher of margaritas when we were at the Mesa Grill. I can laugh about it now, but, at the time, I wanted to crawl under the table. [New York Times]

* From the ‘Moment of Zen’ files: Introducing Padma Leash Me hosting a canine version of Top Chef. [Grub Street NY]

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Caroline Potter

Caroline Potter is the Chief Dining Officer for OpenTable, Inc. She’s a dining trend-spotter and an OpenTable VIP, who dines out more than she eats in and has accrued more than 10,000 Dining Rewards points. Caroline started working in restaurants as a teen and she's since tackled every front-of-the-house job, from bartender and hostess to runner and server. She trained as a chef at Manhattan’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, cooking at L’Ecole. In addition to her role at OpenTable, she has written about food from farm to table for New York City’s famed Greenmarket and Edible Brooklyn and Edible East End magazines. Caroline is also a Certified Master Gardener.